Book Quote by Neil Gaiman

The best way to become a successful writer is to read good writing, remember it, and then forget where you remember it from.

— Gene Fowler

Your attitude is everything. Believe in yourself and trust your material. To be a successful writer, write every single day where you feel like…

— Alex Haley

If you want to write, do two things - read lots of books and also, in your own writing, practise. Just write and write…

— Alexander McCall Smith

For anyone who is: just keep writing. Keep reading. If you are meant to be a writer, a storyteller, it'll work itself out. You…

— Robin McKinley

I am not one of those writers that it just flows out of effortlessly. I have to sit and write and rewrite and sometimes…

— Princess Superstar

There are as many routes to writing success as there are writers who got there. My advice, however, applies across the board: read widely,…

— Therese Fowler

If you want to be a writer, write a little bit every day. Pay attention to the world around you. Stories are hiding, waiting…

— Kate DiCamillo

Sometimes reading other writers helps. You learn some little technique that turns out to be useful, or simply are reinspired by the amazing things…

— Matthew Tobin Anderson

My cure for writer's block is to step away from the thing I'm stuck on, usually a novel, and write something totally different. Besides…

— Jess Walter

My father told us all the time: to become a good writer takes writing. Because the more you do it, the better you get…

— Thomas Steinbeck

You write one book and you're ready for fame and fortune. I don't know that people are spending the time and attention on learning…

— Sue Grafton

Like many writers, I started by writing short stories. I needed to learn how to write and stories are the most practical way to…

— Kate Atkinson